28 Jul 2026 16:51:16
Starting to think we will have many of the players still with us for next season, we have to hope the new manager can inspire them to better performances.
Will a back 4 of Bueno, Santi, Krejci and Trippier be good enough for the Championship.
Midfield of Andre, presumably Mane, R.

Gomes, not sure who else, maybe Bellegarde, new fella injured so need a replacement, Doyle and Raul.
Where do we finish with this team or something similar?
Still think we need a couple more in and probably a few more out, realise we linked with a new midfielder but not seen any other links.

1.) 28 Jul 2026
28 Jul 2026 17:09:50
Wolves will be top 8, that's about as good as it's going to get.

Too many substandard players, too reliant on players who have been poor for too long, too many injuries, not enough quality backup players.

If I was a gambler, I would be in betting shops lumping on Middlesbrough each way.

10/1 with most bookies. Top three for them is a near certainty.

Someone please enlighten me as to where the real quality is in that Wolves team. I see Trippier, Jimenez and Mane. Maybe on a good day, Andre and Rodrigo Gomes.

Wolves are going to lose a lot of games this season.

2.) 28 Jul 2026
28 Jul 2026 17:36:01
If he stays, Krejci is top quality in the Champ, as are Andre (and, unless their legs go/have gone), Trippier and Raul.
After that, maybe Mane and Rodrigo, as you hope, develop into high-level Champ players.
DMW or Hugo in the Champ are more than adequate for LB.
Armstrong is proven at this level, and I am hopeful for Yerson.

Thus, a new GK and CM are def needed, then some depth, because the fall away from these players is far too high.



However, even a couple of new players is surely dependent on shipping out some of the deadwood, which won't be/hasn't been easy.

I know lots of people rate Lopez (don't think he will be here), and Santi (don't think he can cope with the physicality and will be better off in a less physical league and might even raise a modest fee!), but for me, Unscrupulous, that is about it.

3.) 29 Jul 2026
28 Jul 2026 23:33:44
Well, I only counted 9 players in Banksy's list, so looks like they might as well send us straight to National League North..... ? ?

4.) 29 Jul 2026
29 Jul 2026 07:58:43
Agreeing with you, Tfig, but one thing we desperately need, which will be down to CP and then on to us the fans, is a 'team' spirit pulling together for the club.
I personally think that the absence of unity (bar the brief survival fight under VP) has contributed largely to our decline. Yes, we showed it on rare occasion, namely Villa and Liverpool as examples, when we had the atmospheres around the games and reputations to defend (Trippier is one player who won't want to be performing in a poor team).
I think if we can find Nuno's family pack mentality again we may get by ok.
I think there's a core of players who'll play for their reputation, a few who'll play for Wolves as a club, some who will be swayed by others, and then others we'd be better off without.


One who seems to have been forgotten, omitted, or just disliked (I've not been his biggest fan, admittedly) is Hwang, but I've got a feeling he might just find his feet (or have them literally kicked from under him) in the Championship. If we could do with offloading a payroll it'd be him, but he may just become a new hero.
So let's give anyone in the gold shirt our backing from the start, get that pack feeling back, and hope CP can find and instil the love for Wolverhampton into his squad.